More Than One Lesson

In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Seth Gordon’s Identity Thief and John Hughes’ Planes, Trains & Automobiles.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro,The Walking Dead, Westerns, The General, Best of Pictures
00:07:00- Will Gray
00:08:35- Identity Thief
01:03:30- Planes, Trains & Automobiles
01:28:25- Episode wrap-up

After a 2 month hiatus, The Walking Dead returned on Sunday night. With it came the same level of tension strewn among each of the characters that was established earlier this season. After an opening that quickly resolved the last episode’s cliffhanger ending with a showcase of gunfire and smoke bombs, the episode steers back into exploring the current standing of Rick’s group, and how well he’s holding everyone within it together.

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In this minisode, Tyler and Josh kick off their “Top Ten” series with a discussion of Tyler’s tenth favorite movie of all time, Buster Keaton’s The General.

ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN (1976)
Directed by: Alan J. Pakula
Written by: William Goldman
Starring: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jack Warden

There are a handful of movies out there that, when I see them on television, regardless of how far into the film it is, I will sit and watch it until the end. Now, this could mean that I’ll just be catching the last twenty minutes, or it could mean that I’ll be up until three in the morning, because they just started the movie fifteen minutes ago. Doesn’t matter. There are some films out there that are just so engaging that I can’t help it. I have to watch.

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh are joined by performer Ian Gilligan to discuss his life, faith, and career.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:48- Intro, Will Gray, Jim’s article, Reed’s article, newsletter
00:05:25- MTOL t-shirts, etc.
00:07:10- Ian Gilligan intro
00:15:50- Getting into acting, moving to Los Angeles
00:27:45- Stunt work
00:48:30- Disney 365
00:55:30- Glee
01:13:30- Episode wrap-up

Every few years, I take a step back, examine my taste in film and television, and realize how much it’s evolved. As a child, my favorite films and stories incorporated aspects of adventure, fantasy, and science fiction. As a teenager, my fascination with the juvenile humor found in raunchy comedies was a point in my life I now find quite embarrassing. I never get rid of the movies I collect, so I can take a look at my DVD collection (featuring some movies I never intend to watch again) and can see the changes.

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Some things in life go together wonderfully: mashed potatoes and gravy, pizza and soda, peas and carrots, etc. On the other hand, there are those things which are mutually exclusive – where you cannot have one as well as the other. No matter how hard you try to balance the two of them, they are going to continue to divide your loyalties until one of them obtains your entire devotion.

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In this episode, Tyler and Josh discuss Brian Dannelly’s Struck by Lightning and Jake Kasdan’s Orange County.

EPISODE BREAKDOWN
00:00:44- Intro, The Paul Goebel Show, minisodes
00:05:00- Comment Policy
00:12:30- Will Gray
00:15:50- Struck by Lightning
01:32:35- Orange County
01:50:30- Episode wrap-up

I experienced something this year after reading the Oscar nominees that I haven’t experienced since I don’t remember when: concurrence.  For as long as I’ve been (perhaps foolishly) watching the Oscars, I can’t remember a year in which my response was so even-keeled, so contemplative and – dare I say  it? – so agreeable with what the members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences had arbitrarily decreed as the highest quality cinema to have been released in 2012.

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A few months ago, musician and friend-of-the-show Will Gray found that he had a tumor in his sinus, and that it was cancerous.  He has had surgery to remove the tumor in his sinus, but will be undergoing both chemotherapy and radiation.

The friends and family of Will and his wife, Angie, have come together to help them with meals, rides to the hospital, and financial assistance.  However, this is not going to be a quick process.

So, we at More Than One Lesson ask that you please donate to help Will and Angie.  They are insured, but Will is unable to work, so they need all the help they can get.  You can find out more by going to the website below.

Thank you.

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